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Old 12-07-2007, 10:25 AM
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LOL.. sorry didn't know you were a double A4 family :-D Same brand/model of winter tire?
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Default Lol, its all good!

Same brand...different models. The 195's are Dunlop wintersport M3's, and the 205's are Dunlop wintersport 3D's. Both sets have less than 2000 miles on them.

I really can't tell a difference. Either way - both sets are amazing! I could see it making a noticible difference if going 30-40mm, like 195's to 225s, but from 195 to 205 is such a small change.

I also noticed that these tires are much narrower than normal 195 or 205 summer/all season tires to begin with.
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Default Ah.. the 3Ds did improve slightly over the M3s, but that's probably only part of it.

Yeah, snow tires usually by default already have a narrower tread width for a given size.

As Kris mentioned, the time which it's most noticeable is deep/heavier snow and slush. With light fluffy snow I probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference either. (and of course on ice and packed snow there'd be no noticeable difference)
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Default iF you like the Revo they are on clearance due to lackluster sales.

the other Blizzaks and other brand studless snows perform better. The Revo is better than any all-season,but you need to drive another car equipt like your with different snow tires to tell the difference. The WS-60 or LM22 is a much better tire.
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The Revo is much better on snow/ice than the LM22 or LM25
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Another double A4 family here- 1 A4Q and 1 A4 FWD- two sets of the same winter and summer tires
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I just go by what customers have told me they have experienced .
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Might not be the best source of info ;-)
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